Raymond Pearl
Raymond Pearl (born June 3, 1879 in Farmington , † November 17, 1940 in Hershey) was an American theoretical biologist and geneticist in Baltimore , one of the founders of medical statistics. Pearl was one of the earliest adopters of the logistic equation . The Pearl Index is named after him.
Pearl was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1915, the National Academy of Sciences in 1916, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1919 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Raymond Pearl in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Member History: Raymond Pearl. American Philosophical Society, accessed November 28, 2018 .
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| SURNAME | Pearl, Raymond |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American biologist and geneticist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Farmington |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 17, 1940 |
| Place of death | Hershey |